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Ed Hale wants to buy the Baltimore Arena, but the city said the aging facility is not for sale. Two years after his departure from First Mariner Bancorp, the bank he launched and turned into the city's largest, Hale finds himself on the outside looking in. These days Hale operates out of a windowless office decorated with black-and-white photos of the port of Baltimore in a nondescript Rosedale office park. It's a far cry from his one-time office in a 17-story Canton tower with a commanding view of the harbor. Hale doesn't know why he has a poor relationship with City Hall, though he called the current administration "thin-skinned." He also said he was not...

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Ed Hale wants to buy the Baltimore Arena, but the city said the aging facility is not for sale.
Two years after his departure from First Mariner Bancorp, the bank he launched and turned into the city's largest, Hale finds himself on the outside looking...